Exercising apparatus



March 30 1926.

J. E. BONDE BxBRqI-sIuG APPARATUS filed May 29 1924' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 x1T0 ailavlzom it maycofwem;

' Patented Mazugfi fl g d.

i V ftomv nBo'Nn Application lv'lay Serial No;

. Be. it known that 1,; JOHN BoNnE, {a 'f citizen of the United St'ates,residing Providence: in-the county of Providence and a sfstate ofiRhodeIsland,jhavelinvented' cer- "tain newland niefnl lmprovement's'in anExercising Apparatus, of which the follo'w- .ing isaspecificat-ionfl ,7I

The presentinventionrelates to! exercising apparatus, and morespecifically to a'no el support for'striking hags, weighfi'or elasticexercisers; I j if if; f y The primary o'bject'ofthe inyieiition heing"to provide a novel support for exercising apparatus embodying featu e;I'whereby f'the 4 pact foi'lnfor'st ring inanont of the i: ,;placezwhenrnot beingYused. t 34A further objec t oii 'the 'inven o v proi idea= collapsible support for exercising v apparatus wherein thesnpporting'legs of the device are adjustable in 'order' that theapparatus "be disposed [at yarions 1= heightsiin accordancewith;the'dexireof the Other; objects and advantages of the ina. yentionwvillappear in the} following detaileddescriptiom t'aken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, forming a part 30 of this specification, andin which drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section throughtheapparatus ina set-up or oper-' ative position. i I T 4 Figure 2 isa topplan iew ofjthesame; Figure a top plan viewof the appa-f ratus in acollapsed or folded position. i

Figure 4 is an edge elevation o f'the apparatus in a collapsed or foldedposition, and Figure is an enlarged "detail section through theexerciser attaching means;

wherein forthe pnrp'oseof illustration shown the preferred embodiment ofthe invention, the 'letterA designates my int proved collapsibleexercisingapp aratnsjcomr prising a platform B which'may bedisposed atany desired elevation by means of adjustable supporting members C; and Dan attaching means for detachably sup? porting an exerciser E beneaththe platform Bp V The platform B consistsfof a substantially flat disc10 having equidistantly spaced radially extendingarms ll iseeuredto the:upper face thereof as by fastening elements F rnovrnnnen, QRHODE reu e,ASSIGNOR'OF' oNE-HAIJFL 'ro. JosEPnyZ peripheral edge of theidiscj cutffat an in iaevice may be readily 'c ollapsedintoa coin- J radial.arin hinges 17 whic jte'lescopically f receiving similarly shaped.

oting'relation' and actjasastop for-1 'prexient -"l l V in}; furtheroutward movement of; the sup,- Peferringto the drawings lndetailandEDWARD nArLnYg-or E'ROVIDENCE, RHOD EFISLANDI TAPrAnerns.

' Thes 12; I yeXtending-a ms have I 1 their pointed inner vt ds disposert ting relation axially off the disk ,O ndihiavej 1 their outer ends'fwhich extend past 7 the,

F'Vfardly' and downwardly extending jangle as at 18. Tlfhelowerrinnerportions ofjthe .ar'ms liars-recessed asat 'leffor permitting f 1 fofthe'lower' face of the disltlOfbeing .dis-,

provided} forft'he exerciser.- E which n the l posed flash with thelower faces, of'the' arms.

By so extending the arms -1'l'a "example-shown consists of asingleendstrik; 1 '1ng.bagl 5- secu redtd the siipportjbyifa-f i1 ablefleniblefsnspension 1 6 The 'qsi pp'ortingz members hingedly connectedto the oiiter end posed at the 'innermeeting 'facesof't'h sap: portingmembers C andarms 'llyeach oi sist of an upper legsect-ion'18liaying alongitudinally extending" square opening 19 provided in thelowerfportionthereoff' fo-r t v i so lowerleg section-20. v Carriedbythe ldw'ejportion of each'o'flthe npper'filegisections 18 andextendinginto the openings-19 thereof; I arewing nuts 21' which are' adapted toengage racks 22 formed on 'thejouter faceof 85 the lower leg sections 20for permitting of vertical adjustment of thesupports 1C. The

npperhends of the leg sectionslS are cut at an 7 inwardly v: anddownwardly 3 extending angle asat-23in orderthat when the leg' bo 1sections "are swung toyan open. position,' the end faces 13 and' 23of-the armsill andleg' 1 sections 18 respectively will move into abutrportingfmemb'ers,and retaining them; in a. slightly outwardly inclinedposition withh respect tothe, perpendicular by reason or the weight ofthe platform JB; acting thereupon. Y

Referring to the means D for detachably 00 "supporting the exerciser Ebeneath'the'platoo. l 1

threaded bore 27 for removably receiving in the screw threaded end of asuspension-cup 28. 'This cup 28 is formed with an inner pocket 29 having.a restricted bell shaped passage 30 communicating with the lower faceof the cup and providing a shoulder for preventing the enlarged end ofthe suspension 16' from being withdrawn through the restricted passage80. It can beseen that by tliisconstruction, that thetbag may readily beremoved fromthe platform I s when desiring to collapse the support.

' When desiring to collapse the support, the leg sections 20 mayfirst'be slid into the leg sectional?) and securely locked in thisposition by the wing nuts 21, and then after removing the strikingbag 15as by unscrewing tlie suspension cup 28, the supporting membersC mayreadily be folded into compact relation adjacent the disk side of theplatforni-B;

. While no mention has been made as to the specific" material of whichthe apparatus may be constructed, it is to be understood that the devicemaybe made of various naterials n accordance'with the purpose torChanges in detail maybe made without departingfroin thespirit orscope ofmy invention; but,

I claim: i

1.111 a collapsible support for striking bags, a platform comprising astriking disk ,havin radialh extendin arms secured to D I b the upperface thereof, supporting members "for'said platform comprising upper legsec- I tions hingedly connected to the outer end of each arm, lower legsections having racks provided on the outer faces thereof, telescopingwithin the upper leg sections, means carried by the upper leg sectionsadapted to engage the racks of the lower sections'for re taining saidplatform' at various adjusted elevations, and suspension means disposedbeneath said disk for removably suspending a striking bag axially of thedisk.

2. In a collapsible support for striking bags, a'platform comprising astriking disk,

radially extending arms secured to the up per face of the disk andextending out past arms, and having their upper ends cut at an inwardlyand downwardly incl ned angle for inwardly andthe mar inal edge thereof,the outer ends of j said arms beingcut at an downwardly inclined angle,adjustable sup porting members hingedly connected at their upper innerfaces to the lower faces of said abutting relation with the inclinedouter I ends of the arms when the supporting memhers are in an openoperativeposition, and

for striking center of the striking disc amt extending,

radially therefrom in equal angular relation to one another'past the.marginaledges of the disc, vertically adjustable supporting legshingedly connected to the outer end of each arm and capable of beingfolded inwardly beneath and across the axial center of said disc incrossed relation to one another, and means for detachably supporting astriking bag axially beneath said disc.

JOHN E. BONDE

